Temporary binder



(No Model.)

A. L. W EIS. TEMPORARY BINDER.

No. 550,809. Patented Dec. 3, 1-895.

cured the back 2 of the covers 3.

NITED STATES MATENT FFICE.

ANDRETV L. WVEI-S, OF TOLEDO, OIIIO.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 550,809, dated December3, 1895.

' Application filed Tune 3, 1895. $eria1No. 551,467. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW L. WEIs, of Toledo, county of Lucas, andState'of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTemporary Binders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to j which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals ofreference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to a temporary binder, and has for its object toconstruct a binder in book form, in which the insertion of leaves,pamphlets, or magazines can be quickly accomplished, and also that willallow of the removal of a particular leaf, pamphlet, or magazine withoutreleasing or affecting those secured.

A further object is to simplify and cheapen the binder.

In the drawings, Figure 1' is an elevation of a complete binder, showingone of the binding-bars retracted in position to be released byspringing the end wire. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the binder,showing one binding.- bar retracted to allow of releasing the free endby a movement of the end wire, as shown in dotted lines, also showing abinding-bar in normally locked position, with a binding bar released atthe free end and in position to receive an object to be bound. Fig. 3 isan end view of the binder. Fig. 4 is an end View showing a modified formof end wire; and Fig. 5 is an end view showing a single sheet, as music,850., held in position. by the binding-wire.

1 designates the back, preferably of wood, rounded upon the under sidein the form of an ordinary book-back, and upon which is se- The upperside of the back 1 is preferably divided or spaced by a plurality ofstrips 4., let into the back at a proper distance to accommodate thethickness of the matter to be bound. Upon the rear end of the back thereis secured a holding-wire formed with a horizontal portion 5, ofslightly less length than the width of the back, and with right-angleddepending side portions 6, bent at right angles at '7, the

right angled portion 8 lying parallel with the under side of the back,and again bent at right angles to the horizontal portion 8 to form astud 9, to enter the body of the back and secure the holding-wire to theback. The corners 10 of the back are preferably cut away to allow thehorizontal portion 8 of the wire to be embedded therein that thecoverback may have a smooth contour at this point.

11 designates the binding-bars, of which there may be as many asdesired, for temporary filing of magazines. The binder may be of a bookform to accommodate but one, in which there is but one binding-bar. Iftwo or more magazines are to be bound, the back is made of a desiredwidth and the number of spacing-strips inserted that are necessary, aswell as the number of binding-bars provided. In providing for bindingsuch works as Puck or Judge a number of copies may be bound in onebinder Without rendering the binder too large or cumbersome. For bindingsheet-music, as shown in Fig. 5, the spacing-strips are set to theproper width and a portion of the lower edge of the music is clamped bythe binding-bars, leaving the sheets to be freely turned without beingseparated by the binding-bar.

Each binding-bar is formed with a slot 12 at the rear end, through whichthe horizontal portion 5 of the binding-wire is passed, thereby allowingof moving the bar longitudinally of the back. Upon the front end of theback is secured a spring-wire 13, having a horizontal keeper-bar let andside wires 15 at right angles thereto, coiled at 16 to allow ofspringing the keeper-wire outwardly and secured to the back byright-angled studs 17 driven into the back, a horizontal portion 18 ofthe wire lying in parallel relation with the back in channels 19. Withthis construction, to insert a leaf, pamphlet, or magazine thebinding-bar is moved backward the full length of the slot, therebyleaving but a short portion of the front end engaged with the springkeeper wire, which is released by springing the wire outwardly until theend is released, when the matter to be bound is placed upon thebinding-bar and the bar brought to a parallel position with the back,thereby forcing the lower portion of the bound matter between thespacing-strips and allowing the front end or the binding-bar to beengaged by the keeper'by slightly springing the keeper-bar outwardly.

It will be seen that any portion of the bound matter may be removedwithout disarranging the balance, as any one of the bindingbars may bereleased without releasing any of the others.

In Fig. lis shown a modified form of spring I secured thereon, atransverse bar secured at one end, binding bars secured upon thetransverse bar having slotted ends to engage the 1 bar, and a keepersecured upon the opposite end comprising a transverse bar to engagekeeper-Wire in which there are right-angled side wires 15, dependingfrom the keeperbar 14: and angled arms 20, projectinginwardly from theside wires,,which.liesmoothly upon the end of the back and are held bystaples, 21, this construction allowing the keeper-bar to be sprungsuliiciently to allow of releasing the end of the binding baru While Ihave shown the top of the back as divided by spaoingrbars, I wish itunderstood that I may accomplish, the same purpose by cuttingrectangular grooves in the back of the desired depth and width.

What I; claim is 1;. In, a temporary bind'eig a, back, covers securedthereon, a transverse bar secured at tension of the spring releases thebindingbar.

2. In a temporary binder, a back, covers the binding bars, saidtransverse bar having its ends secured to the back and formed into aspring.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing'as my own I hereby aflix' mysignature in pres ence of two witnesses.

ANDREW 15.. WEISL. Witnesses WILLIAM WEBs'rER,1\'f[AU'D]1.SOHUMA(JIii'ER;v

